# Gayan Khera Village, Poornagiri, Champawat (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Poornagiri, Champawat 

# Gayan Khera

Gayan Khera is a village in Poornagiri sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,276 people in 267 households**, the 12th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.2%.

- 1,276people (2011)
- 267households
- 82.9%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayan Khera

Of every 100 households in Gayan Khera in 2011, 92 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 68 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gayan Khera · ■ Poornagiri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**38%

Tap water ****64%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****68%**

**47%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****30%**

**52%

Use banking services ****76%**

**77%

Television ****73%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**23%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**4%

None of these assets ****11%**

**17%

Own their home ****65%**

**85%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gayan Khera?

■ Gayan Khera · ■ Poornagiri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.9%**

**82.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**839

Working population ****25.4%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 77.8% for women. 42% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (6%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 230 (71%) · **■** Marginal 52 (16%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Poornagiri

- Pachpakariya2,221 people
- Devipur1,533 people
- Mochai/ Vichai1,375 people
- Bamanpuri1,308 people
- Gudami1,271 people
- Chheni Talli1,041 people
- Uchouli Goth825 people
- Kakanai742 people

[All 81 villages in Poornagiri](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/champawat/poornagiri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayan Khera?1,276 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayan Khera in?Champawat district (Poornagiri sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gayan Khera?82.9% (Census 2011)